UNAM
Revista Digital Universitaria
Revista Digital Universitaria ISSN: 1607 - 6079 | Publicación mensual | 1 de noviembre de 2013 vol.14, No.11

ABSTRACT

The eating habits of college students



Georgina Contreras Landgrave, Esteban Jaime Camacho Ruiz, Manuel Leonardo Ibarra Espinosa, Regional Luis Ramón López Gutiérrez, María del Consuelo Escoto Ponce de León, Camila Pereira Abagaro, Lidia Ivonne Munguía Ocampo


In the Estado de México, like in the rest of the country, the obesity problem has increased. This disease appears in all the social groups and educative levels including the higher education. It gets the attention that even at this level of studies this condition is still present. If part of the claim that students have had access to knowledge about healthy eating, then it is necessary to consider other factors and not just the knowledge so therefore we seek to describe the formation of eating habits in college students. This is a cross-sectional study that identifies the eating habits of college students through the use of an instrument. The results show that most students like the food they eat. It is noteworthy that even though they know their food is not healthy, they do it by the need to satisfy hunger, for the fun and economy. This concludes that the habitus is what makes them eat what they like, because they like what they have.

Keywords: Eating habits, students.